Essay:
Amy Windmiller
Visual
Communication
Parks and Recreation
Parks and Recreation is a comedy
television show that is one of my favorites so I decided to re-watch a few
episodes for this assignment. It is a show about government employees in the
Parks and Recreation Department that all have very different and funny opinions
about the government as well as their community.
Out of the four media options given:
theatre, radio, motion pictures, and comic books, Parks and Recreation is most
similar to theatre. The theatre aspect of the show comes from the sets. There
are only a couple sets that we see in the show, and they never really change.
The show has a documentary side of it where the characters talk to the camera
like they are being interviewed. The show is different from theatre as well
because it isn’t performed live in front of an audience. The clothes each
character wears are unique to that character and stay pretty consistent
throughout the show. I think the costume aspect of theatre and the show Parks
and Recreation are similar because there are always personalized costumes for
each character.
Radio is a form of media that has
very few similarities to the show Parks and Recreation. Radio is a way to
broadcast information and music, and most of the time you don’t see the radio
announcers face. The only similarity I could make with radio and the TV show is
when the characters on Parks and Recreation talk to the camera like they are
being asked a question. This could be similar to interviews on the radio. As
the viewer while watching the characters of Parks and Recreation look and talk
to the camera it gives the show an interview/documentary style.
Motion pictures and Parks and
Recreation are not alike at all. Motion pictures have storylines and are about
two or three hours long. Parks and Recreation doesn’t have an overall story
line to the whole show and the episodes are about twenty minutes long. However,
each episode has its own plot, but you can still miss a few episodes and
understand what is going on. There are relationships on the show that continue
on consistently in each episode but the main plot of each episode are about
different problems or issues within the Parks and Recreation Department.
Comic books and Parks and Recreation
are similar in which they have individual storylines to each different comic or
episode. Usually when reading comics, they are short stories that are easy to
understand and don’t leave you questioning what will happen in the next comic.
That is how Parks and Recreation works, each episode is different and the only
consistent thing throughout each episode are the relationships between certain
characters. Just like in comics you know the background of the story and who
the characters are, as well as their relationships to each other.
The show Parks and Recreation is a
goofy show that has many different aspects of media within it. I think theatre
and comic books are the most similar to the TV show but the show wouldn’t be as
great without all the different aspects of media put together to make the show
what it is.
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